How East New York became a ghetto
By: Walter Thabit ; with a foreword by Frances Fox Piven.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Minorities -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century; African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Ethnic neighborhoods -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century; Inner cities -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century; Urban policy -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century; Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations; New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century; New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Welcome to East New York; title: The population wave; title: The ghettoization of East New York; title: Destruction of the "target area"; title: The uniformed (and other) services; title: The youth of East New York; title: Vest pocket planning; title: Vest pocket implementation; title: The model cities fiasco; title: School planning; title: East New York under siege; title: The FHA scandals; title: The community school board disaster; title: Rebuilding in East New York; title: The hard road to recovery; title: Policing the ghetto.